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About the Author : A Novel by Colapinto, John is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is About the Author : A Novel about?
From the author of the New York Times bestseller As Nature Made Him comes a “clever and entertaining first novel.”—Elle Despite a severe case of writer's block, Cal Cunningham dreams of writing a novel that will permit him to escape from his life as a penniless stockboy in dirty and dangerous upper Manhattan bookstore. However, when his roommate is suddenly killed in a bicycle accident, Cal is suddenly the author of a page-turning autobiography. Propelled to the top of the bestseller lists with million-dollar movie deals, Cal finds that he has realized his most outlandish fantasies of literary success. That is, until he discovers that someone knows his secret. A searingly funny psychological thriller, About the Author delves into the excesses of the publishing world and shows that sometimes the difference between reality and imagination can be fatal.
Who reads About the Author : A Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Colapinto, John
- Publisher
- Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780060932176
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thrillers
- Rating
- 3.77 / 5 (668 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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